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The Significance of Circadian Organization for Longevity in the Golden Hamster
Mark W. Hurd
Department of Biology, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-5513
Martin R. Ralph
Departments of Psychology and Zoology, University of Toronto, 100 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
While functional roles for biological clocks have been demonstrated in organisms throughout phylogeny, the adaptive advantages of circadian organization per se are largely matters of conjecture. It is generally accepted, though without direct experimental evidence, that organisms derive primary benefits from the temporal organization of their physiology and behavior, as well as from the anticipation of daily changes in their environment and their own fluctuating physiological requirements. However, the consequences of circadian dysfunction that might demonstrate a primary adaptive advantage and explain the natural origins and apparent ubiquity of circadian systems have not been documented. The authors report that longevity in hamsters is decreased with a noninvasive disruption of rhythmicity and is increased in older animals given suprachiasmatic implants that restore higher amplitude rhythms. The results substantiate the importance of the temporal organization of physiology and behavior provided by the circadian clock to the health and longevity of an organism.
Key Words: biological clock • suprachiasmatic • life span • transplantation • neural graft • locomotor activity
Journal of Biological Rhythms, Vol. 13, No. 5,
430-436 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/074873098129000255
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